1. When was the last time the Vancouver Canucks made a legitimately courageous and forward-looking trade?

I’m talking about a deal that they didn’t have to make, where their hands weren’t forced by an unhappy player or unique situation; a deal where the team would be decidedly worse in the present, with the goal of being better a few years down the line.

I asked that question today on Twitter, and nobody could come up with a good, recent example.

Ryan Kesler to Anaheim? No, that doesn’t count. Kesler wanted out.

Kevin Bieksa to Anaheim? Nah. Bieksa was well past his prime at that point. It didn’t take courage to move on.